Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
curb . - noun See
corb .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Crooked.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
crooked
Etymologies
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Old French corbe, from Latin curvus.
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Examples
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Tamum porrigit ferpenti ex corbe femia - perto adfurgenti, f. facem, cul in - ferne implexus alius ferpens.
Lexicon vniversae rei nvmariae vetervm et praecipve Graecorvm ac Romanorvm: cvm observationibvs ... 1790
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To lead (a dog) off the sidewalk into the gutter so that it can excrete waste. curved piece of wood (from Old French corbe, curved object, from corbe, curved, from Latin curvus
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